The outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain among patients seen by primary care practitioners, chiropractors, and orthopedic surgeons

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 14, 1995, Pages 913-917

  Carey, Timothy S ^a   Garrett, Joanne ^a   Jackman, Anne ^a   Mclaughlin, Curtis ^a   Fryer, John ^a   Smucker, Douglas R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029094701     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199510053331406     Document Type: Article

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